The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1887-09-16
COUNTY NEWS
Friday, Septic. 1887.
MINOR LOCALS


Miss Guss opened the Friends
Norma! School on Tuesday morning
last.
Wednesday will be children's day
at the Fair. They will be admitted
free of charge.
John H. Reynolds has recently
purchased George Hopkins farm
near Calvert.
School books, states, paper. copy
books, ink, pencils, ETC., at DIR. Kinks
Drug Store.
Last 9Th day an Indian woman
spoke at Friends Westinghouse West
Nottingham.
John Kirk Cowan. the Rising Sun
bow rakes the Baltimore Sun fore
and aft with grape and canister.
Heavy rains fell throughout this
neighborhood on Sunday. Sunday
night and Monday night. l.
For the latest novelty in hats
call at Ankrims'.
Snow Hill had $1,000 fire last
Sunday and the Cecil Mutual has q
$1,000 plum in it.
The seed wheat which is being
sent out by the wheat company is
reported to be mired and in addition
has some cookie it it.
Crystal Lodge members propose to
attend the meeting to be held under
the supervision of the w. c. 7. U. at
Calvert to morrow.
Our enterprising warehouse men,
Barnes & Hartenstine, have COM
menced building new warehouse at
Peach Bottom.
William Burke an employee in
Providence paper mill had two Of
his fingers severely injured by being
caught between pair of rolls.
DIR. j. H. lamar has our acknow-
Judgement for Washington papers
containing reports of the Medical
Convention.
Two hundred and ten pupils were
enrolled in North East public school
last week and the North casters are
clamoring for another school house.
Joseph R. Barwick of Chesapeake
City was committed to Jail on Sun
dav at Elkton for threatening to
burn the property of Geo. H. Quick.
George S. S. Richards of Aber-
deem, Hartford Co fell from the top
of a freight car near Elkton on Satur.
day last andwas dangerously injured.
To prevent diseases in horses,
twice daily Cult EDGE Horse Powders.
For sale at DR.. Kinks Drug store. At.
John Campbell. living near Far
mington, lost horse by the prevail.
ing disease on Monday. Horses sick
with the complaint are reported re-
covering.
J.C. Hindman auctioneer, sold
the goods of Jno. T. Mendenhall
which were stored in the vacant
room in Passmore Hall, on Satur-
day evening. The attendance was
slim and the prices generally low.
For the latest style in neckties call
at Ankrim's.
All members of Crystal Lodge are
requested to be present ct the next
meeting to make all the necessary
arrangements for the oren lodge en-.
tertainment to be held in the Town
Hall on the 28th, and especially
those who will take part.
Saml. Hambleton, the "genial host
of the brick hotel on the corner while
splitting kindling last Saturday
caught the axe ia clothes line. The
ugly instrument struck him in the
mouth, SCATTERING some of his teeth
and hurting him severely.
Lightning struck school house in
Bart township, Lancaster county, Pa,
last week, ran down the fiue, broke,
up the stove and several desks, and
severely stunned several of the pu-
pills. Fortunately none of them were
fatally injured.
Mr.. & Mrs. H. II Haines return
ed from their summer tour on Thurs
day evening last week, refreshed and
invigorated by the change-af'
ter resting a few days. After re
Operating trip folks always require
few days rest. At least that is Our
own experience.
Call at Ankrim's and try his new
syrup.
Mr.. Peoples proprietor of the
Red Pump farm has given the "Red
Pump" a fresh coat of red paint
Mr.. Peoples is establishing chick
en- ranch Gas they would say in the
west) on the place. The chicken and
egg business is an important industry